In Airflow 2 there was a plugin mechanism to extend the UI for new functions as well as be able to add hooks and other features. As Airflow 3 rewrote the UI old Plugins were not working for all cases anymore. Airflow 3.1 now provides a re-vamped option to extend the UI with a new plugin schema in native React components and embedded iframes following AIP-68 definitions. In this session we will provide an overview about capabilities and give some intro how you can roll-your-own.

Soon we will finally switch to a 100% React UI with a full separation between the API and UI as well. While we are doing such a big change, let’s also take the opportunity to imagine whole new interfaces vs just simply modernizing the existing views. How can we use design to help you better understand what is going on with your DAG? Come listen to some of our proposed ideas and bring your own big ideas as the second half will be an open discussion.

Sneak peek at the future of the Airflow UI. In Airflow 2.3 with the Tree -> Grid view changes, we began to swap out parts of the Flask app with React. This was one step towards AIP-38, to build a fully modern UI for Airflow. Come check out what is in store after Grid view in the current UI. Discuss the possibilities to rethink Airflow with a brand new UI down the line. Such as: Integrating all DAG visualizations into each other and remove constant page reloads More live data Greater cross-DAG visualizations (ie: DAG Dependencies view from 2.1) Improved user settings: (dark mode, color blind support, language, date format) And more!